Computer graphics deals with generating images and art with the aid of computers. Computer graphics is a core technology in digital photography, film...

3D computer graphics, sometimes called CGI, 3-D-CGI or three-dimensional computer graphics, are graphics that use a three-dimensional representation of...

study of three-dimensional computer graphics, it also encompasses two-dimensional graphics and image processing. Computer graphics studies manipulation of...

engine, rendering system, graphics engine, or simply a renderer. Rendering is one of the major sub-topics of 3D computer graphics, and in practice it is...

2D computer graphics is the computer-based generation of digital images—mostly from two-dimensional models (such as 2D geometric models, text, and digital...

Computer-generated imagery (CGI) is a specific-technology or application of computer graphics for creating or improving images in art, printed media,...

In computer graphics, a sprite is a two-dimensional bitmap that is integrated into a larger scene, most often in a 2D video game. Originally, the term...

called Mesa3D and The Mesa 3D Graphics Library, is an open source implementation of OpenGL, Vulkan, and other graphics API specifications. Mesa translates...

and recreational software. Images that are generated by a computer are called computer graphics. Examples are photographs, drawings, line art, mathematical...

Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) is a free and open international standard file format for 2D vector graphics, raster graphics, and text, and is defined...

a glossary of terms relating to computer graphics. For more general computer hardware terms, see glossary of computer hardware terms. Contents 0–9 A B...

Computer graphics lighting is the collection of techniques used to simulate light in computer graphics scenes. While lighting techniques offer flexibility...

A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a specialized electronic circuit initially designed to accelerate computer graphics and image processing (either on...

is an API design pattern in computer graphics libraries, in which the client calls directly cause rendering of graphics objects to the display, or in...

such as Sun Microsystems, Silicon Graphics, Apollo Computer, DEC, HP, NeXT, and IBM which powered the 3D computer graphics revolution of the late 1990s. Workstations...

In computer graphics, tessellation is the dividing of datasets of polygons (sometimes called vertex sets) presenting objects in a scene into suitable...

In 3D computer graphics, radiosity is an application of the finite element method to solving the rendering equation for scenes with surfaces that reflect...

In computer graphics, level of detail (LOD) refers to the complexity of a 3D model representation. LOD can be decreased as the model moves away from the...

Look up computer graphics in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Computer graphics are graphics created by computers and, more generally, the representation...

Silicon Graphics, Inc. (stylized as SiliconGraphics before 1999, later rebranded SGI, historically known as Silicon Graphics Computer Systems or SGCS)...

Real-time computer graphics or real-time rendering is the sub-field of computer graphics focused on producing and analyzing images in real time. The term...

Odin Computer Graphics were a Liverpool-based computer games developer who came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a variety of titles for the ZX Spectrum...

producing a three-dimensional (3D) effect. Despite the name, isometric computer graphics are not necessarily truly isometric—i.e., the x, y, and z axes are...

In computer graphics, planar is the method of arranging pixel data into several bitplanes of RAM. Each bit in a bitplane is related to one pixel on the...

visualization application is the field of computer graphics. The invention of computer graphics (and 3D computer graphics) may be the most important development...

personal computer market, personal computers and home computers lost any technical distinction. Business computers acquired color graphics capability...

In computer graphics, graphics software refers to a program or collection of programs that enable a person to manipulate images or models visually on...

Polygons are used in computer graphics to compose images that are three-dimensional in appearance. Polygons are built up of vertices, and are typically...

A vertex (plural vertices) in computer graphics is a data structure that describes certain attributes, like the position of a point in 2D or 3D space...

pad or digital art board) is a computer input device that enables a user to hand-draw images, animations and graphics, with a special pen-like stylus...